Olympics of the Mind

The Stars Challenge at Monmouth University 2009

Andrew is !intensely focused as he builds his penny catapult. !He wants to win those donuts!

Mary Kate and Sara get ready to launch!

The teams design and build their penny catapults. The suspense of the competition as Connor,

Jazz, !Chris, and Dennis measure the distance their penny was launched.

The students guide the ping pong ball through the course using Bernoulli's principle.!Roger,

Sam, Ryan, Dean and Patrick guide their ping pong ball through the course.

Mia helps Tom get the ping pong ball through the hoop. Colleen and Franny are focused to

win.

The students build a spaghetti gum drop tower. Connor shows the pain of defeat. The agony:

no donuts tonight! Shalin and Andrew are building to victory. Tom and Roger are catching up!

Sara, Franny, Mia and Andrew are pleased with their design.

It's a race! !Who will win, Shalin and Ryan or Sam, Andrew and Dean?

Maritess and Colleen happily watch as Anna drops their paper helicopter. The teams gather

around Skyler to see who are the winners. !Roger waits for the news.

Jazz times her team's paper helicopter under the watchful eyes of the other teams. !Who will win

tonight?

Tom tests his paper helicopter and airplane. Chris busily redesigns his paper helicopter. Patrick

watches as his paper helicopter is dropped.

Dennis, Shalin, and Sam and Ryan, Dean, and Sara design their Cartesian divers. Dennis, Ryan,

Andrew Tort and Andrew Nastasi think they have the winning design.

Jazz and Tom test their Cartesian diver.

Colleen and Mia support their team member Conner as Anna times him during the Cartesian diver

challenge. !!Dean and Ryan practice while Andrew Nastasi and AndrewTort smell victory.

Shalin gets ready to test his airplane.

Franny designs her airplane. Coleen and Jazz discuss their design with Anna.

Dennis thinks real hard to design the winning airplane. Anna is keeping all in suspense. Who

won?

Maritess and Sara test their wind mill design. Tom laughs at the competition!

Mary Kate test her team's design with the help of Maritess.

Mary Kate watches with caution as her windmill picks up paper clips. !Will her team win?

Chris, Andrew and Ryan are pleased with their roller coaster design.

Jazz, Mia, Colleen and Sara enjoy the taste of victory!

Olympics of the Mind

The Stars Challenge at Monmouth University 2009